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Judge denies effort by Alex Jones to dismiss Sandy Hook lawsuit
A judge has denied conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' request to dismiss a lawsuit surrounding the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that he has called a hoax. The Infowars host is being sued for defamation in Texas by the parents of a 6-year-old who was ...
California man charged in 'enemy of the people' death threats targeting Boston Globe
Federal authorities on Thursday charged a California man with threatening to kill Boston Globe employees for the newspaper's role leading this month's defense of press freedoms by hundreds of U.S. news organizations against attacks by President Donald Trump. Prosecutors said Robert Chain, 68, called journalists ...
Trump accuses Watergate scandal reporter Carl Bernstein of 'making up' stories
U.S. President Donald Trump took aim Wednesday at Carl Bernstein, one of the reporters who helped bring down Richard Nixon's presidency, accusing him of "making up" stories. Bernstein and Bob Woodward led the Washington Post team that investigated the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National ...
Facebook said Monday it was removing several Myanmar military officials from the social media website and an Instagram account to prevent the spread of "hate and misinformation" after reviewing the content. It was the first time Facebook banned a country's military or political leaders, according ...
Facebook flags users who try to 'game' fact-checking effort in bid to curb fake news
Facebook acknowledged Tuesday it has developed tools to identify users "indiscriminately" flagging fake news as it refines its effort to combat misinformation. But the leading social network disputed as "just plain wrong" a Washington Post report that it has developed an overall "reputation score" for ...
Over 300 U.S. newspapers hit back at Trump, defend free press
U.S. newspapers big and small hit back Thursday at Donald Trump's attacks on the news media with a coordinated campaign of editorials, triggering a fresh tirade from the president on Twitter. Leading the charge was The Boston Globe, which had called for the drive highlighting ...
Trump's attacks on media may lead to real violence, U.N. expert says
U.S. President Donald Trump's verbal attacks on the media run the risk of triggering real violence against journalists, the U.N. rapporteur for freedom of expression said on Thursday. In a joint statement with Edison Lanza, who holds the same post at the Inter-American Commission on ...
Amid tumult and scorn for media, Trump takes in Pennsylvania rally for hard-line GOP candidate
President Donald Trump swiped Pennsylvania from the Democrats in 2016. Now he is trying to help Republicans take a Senate seat there. Trump is holding a rally Thursday evening in Wilkes-Barre to back Rep. Lou Barletta, who's running to unseat two-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob ...
Facebook Inc. said Tuesday it had identified a new coordinated political influence campaign to mislead its users and sow dissent among voters ahead of U.S. congressional elections set for November. The firm said it had removed 32 pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram, in ...
New York Times' publisher A.G. Sulzberger at the vanguard of a free press
In rebuking Donald Trump for his "dangerous" attacks on the media, the new 37-year-old publisher of The New York Times spotlights his newspaper as the vanguard of a free press challenging a hostile president. Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, or A.G. as he is known, took the ...
New York Times publisher pressed Trump on 'anti-press rhetoric'
The publisher of The New York Times says he took U.S. President Donald Trump to task for "deeply troubling anti-press rhetoric" that is "not just divisive but increasingly dangerous" when the two met privately at the White House this month. Trump disclosed the meeting on ...
'He looked like a terrorist!' Rural India joy ride ended in rumor-fueled mob attack and lynching
In the tiny hamlet of Murki in the hinterlands of south India, Inspector V.B. Yadwad surveyed a pile of bricks and stones in a ditch where he and other police officers had been attacked earlier this month while trying to save a group of ...
